Childhood tuberculosis in household contacts of newly diagnosed TB patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Batra, Srichand ^a   Ayaz, Afsheen ^b   Murtaza, Ali ^a   Ahmad, Shakil ^a   Hasan, Rumina ^b   Pfau, Ruth ^a  

^a Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMEAR; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84864440021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040880     Document Type: Review

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